A popular college pastime will soon come to video game consoles.
Thus beginsThe Lantern’sarticle on Incredible Technologies’ game version of Ohio’s noble pastime of “cornholing”. Armed with only a vague knowledge of the strange rituals conducted by the denizens of middle(ish) America and a widely accepted definition for cornholing, I expected a whole different ball game.
Sadly, Nintendo isn’t abandoning its trend of family-friendly shovelware for the Wii in favor of horrible deviant-friendly shovelware. Instead of a game in which the Wiimote is put to nauseating use, Incredible Technologies is releasingTarget Toss Pro: BAGS, which, in spite of its potentially questionable title, has nothing to do with forced penetration, corn-based or otherwise.
Answering the questions nobody asked, Andy Kniaz, executive director of Incredible Technologies, explained why they were makinga game about throwing a bag of corn through a hole, “Our designers basically realized there’s no reason why you couldn’t really make a video game of it.” An astute observation to be sure, but one that doesn’t address why youwouldn’t“make a video game of it.”
Aside from the endlessly entertaining “throw the object through the hole” gameplayTarget Toss Pro: BAGSbrings to the table, itwill also reportedly feature “Vegas BAGS” mode, in which players are given a card out of a 52-card deck for every shot made attempting to construct the best poker-hand possible. It’s worth noting that “Vegas BAGS” is also a term with twoverydissimilar meanings, and one which I would heartily advise you refrain from using should you find yourself in negotiations with a Vegas hooker.
